title: Value-sensitive therapy: learning from ultra-orthodox patients.
abstract: This paper explores the issues that arise when psychotherapists and patients do not share a common value system. Using three case studies of ultra-Orthodox Jewish patients who hold religious values and beliefs, the paper illustrataes and defines a strategy of "value-sensitive therapy." It argues for treating patients without demeaning or discounting their values and beliefs.
authors.affiliation: City University of New York, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Heilman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Witztum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D007599:Judaism / Q000523:psychology*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012945:Social Values